1 Kings 22:1-12
New International Version
Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab
22 For three years there was no war between Aram and Israel. 2 But in the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to see the king of Israel. 3 The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

4 So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth Gilead?”
Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.” 5 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “First seek the counsel of the Lord.”

6 So the king of Israel brought together the prophets—about four hundred men—and asked them, “Shall I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?”
“Go,” they answered, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”

7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?”

8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

9 So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, “Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.”

10 Dressed in their royal robes, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them. 11 Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’”

12 All the other prophets were prophesying the same thing. “Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious,” they said, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”
Today's reading is interesting, the story of King Josaphat with King Ahab tells us about 2 types of people, and let's see the difference between one and the other, Josaphat, like Ahab, both were Kings, but they had different attitudes, the king Jehoshaphat knew that although he was king, there was one who was above him, I am saying that Jehoshaphat recognized that his victories came from the hand of God, that is why this king wanted to consult God, because he wanted to tell with the approval of God, this speaks of Jehoshaphat having a humble attitude, a correct heart, who had a clear identity in the Lord, a king who did not let himself be carried away by his emotions, nor by the emotions of others, he was a king who was willing to hear the voice of God, he wanted to hear it was the truth, regardless of whether the word was what he wanted to hear, whether it was good or not. Jehoshaphat wanted to hear it was the truth, unlike the king who ended up being a proud king, he did not care about God's approval, he ended up being a double-minded, unstable king, a king who believed that because he was King he did not need God, so what he sought was to listen to what he wanted, and that is why he sought a voice. As a man, he looked for a human voice, he sought to be told what he wanted to hear, he did not care about the truth, but he wanted to hear a beautiful word, and today the question that God asks us, what voice do you want to hear? Are we really hearing the voice of God? Or are we settling for listening to the lies that sycophants have around you? Do you really want the truth or do you want the lie? These questions are for ALL of us to meditate on today, sometimes we settle down to listen to the beautiful words of a preacher of a so-called prophet, and we are not listening to what God is really speaking, and I believe that God wants to call his church to more intimacy with the.